David Alliance: Lord Alliance of Manchester CBE has been one of Britain's foremost industrialists for more than fifty years. He was the founder and chairman of the online retailer N Brown Group and also of Coats Viyella, Europe's foremost textile company. He was made a peer in 2004. Ivan Fallon: Ivan Fallon was City Editor of the Sunday Telegraph and Deputy Editor and Business Editor of the Sunday Times. He is the author of six books, his first book, DeLorean (co-authored with James Srodes), was a Book of the Month choice in the U.S. He was CEO of Independent News & Media UK until 2010. Peter Mandelson: Lord Mandelson served as a Secretary for Trade and Industry under Prime Minister Tony Blair and as Secretary for State for Business under Prime Minister Gordon Brown. He was also the British EU Commissioner for Trade from 2004 to 2008.
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Foreword ix Preface xiii Chapter 1: Kashan 1 Chapter 2: A Persian Childhood 13 Chapter 3: The Bazaar 29 Chapter 4: Manchester 47 Chapter 5: Thomas Hoghton 79 Chapter 6: Trouble at t'Mill 95 Chapter 7: Building a Business 103 Chapter 8: My Father 127 Chapter 9: Jack Menaged 139 Chapter 10: Mail Order 153 Chapter 11: Spirella 179 Chapter 12: Banking 195 Chapter 13: Toy Story 209 Chapter 14: Vantona 217 Chapter 15: The Shah 237 Chapter 16: Carrington Viyella 259 Chapter 17: Homa 283 Chapter 18: The Jews of Ethiopia 289 Chapter 19: Riding the Wave 313 Chapter 20: Nottingham 325 Chapter 21: Guinness 339 Chapter 22: Coats 347 Chapter 23: Good Times, Bad Times 359 Chapter 24: Tootal 365 Chapter 25: End of the Line 377 Chapter 26: N Brown 393 Chapter 27: In Sickness and in Health 397 Postscript 407 Index 419
Foreword ix Preface xiii Chapter 1: Kashan 1 Chapter 2: A Persian Childhood 13 Chapter 3: The Bazaar 29 Chapter 4: Manchester 47 Chapter 5: Thomas Hoghton 79 Chapter 6: Trouble at t'Mill 95 Chapter 7: Building a Business 103 Chapter 8: My Father 127 Chapter 9: Jack Menaged 139 Chapter 10: Mail Order 153 Chapter 11: Spirella 179 Chapter 12: Banking 195 Chapter 13: Toy Story 209 Chapter 14: Vantona 217 Chapter 15: The Shah 237 Chapter 16: Carrington Viyella 259 Chapter 17: Homa 283 Chapter 18: The Jews of Ethiopia 289 Chapter 19: Riding the Wave 313 Chapter 20: Nottingham 325 Chapter 21: Guinness 339 Chapter 22: Coats 347 Chapter 23: Good Times, Bad Times 359 Chapter 24: Tootal 365 Chapter 25: End of the Line 377 Chapter 26: N Brown 393 Chapter 27: In Sickness and in Health 397 Postscript 407 Index 419
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